So, does this mean these exist as "PAL" version but haven't been dumped to check whether they differ from the US rom or not?! So, basically, what makes them different than normal undumped? Is there a reason to assume they are the same as the US-dump?

hydr0x wrote:
So, does this mean these exist as "PAL" version but haven't been dumped to check whether they differ from the US rom or not?! So, basically, what makes them different than normal undumped? Is there a reason to assume they are the same as the US-dump?

Yes, all those games were released in Europe. However no specific "xxxP" ROM exists, which usually exist for all Europe-released games. Sometimes groups claim that the dump came from an EUR cart, but this is of course not enough, and a check by a trusted dumper is required to ensure a (USA, Europe) tag is properly applied.

There is a bit of guessing exercise when building this list. In example the list suggest checking for "Scooby" and "Sims" (P serial according to boxart, sold in UK). As I said no "xxxP" ROM exist for them. It is reasonable to think that those UK versions just match the USA version, that's why no group has released a "xxxP" ROM. For sure a group dumped those box serials in the past, but if they matched the USA version, the group couldn't release a dupe. They didn't reported this match either, of course. But this is just a reasonable guess, hence the games are on the list, we just need a definitive confirmation of this match.

Other example is Power Rangers TF. A french (xxxF) and German (xxxD) version exist, but no english? For almost sure, the P serial box was dumped, found matching the USA release, so it never hit the scene. Again, just a reasonable guess. Confirmation is required.

You are right, the games in the list are essentially normal undumped games. The difference is the "reasonable guess" that they're going to match the existing USA dump, contrary to normal undumped, which are new releases for sure. Is just a dumping prioritization arrangemement. Nice surprises (whole new dumps) are possible though.

Both are used. After a very quick inspection: videos, Scooby, Sims, SpongeBob and Super Hornet (I might be forgetting some other) are tagged (USA), the rest are (USA, Europe).

This is a bit inconsistent if all of them require (USA, Europe) confirmation. My guess is that the list is a "safe" list. Probably some of them were confirmed (USA, Europe) long time ago and renamed accordingly, but source is now forgotten or lost.

Anyway, @relax: if you think that it would be better to tag all of them back to (USA) until confirmation, please tell me.